Bekwai Municipal Assembly Wins “2020 Best Audit Committee Award” Under Hon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour

The Bekwai Municipal Assembly has won the coveted “2020 Best Audit Committee Award” under the abled leadership of Hon. Kwaku Kyei Baffour, the MCE.

The award is recognized under the “Best Audit Committee” – MMDA/RCC Category.

At the Annual Internal Audit Conference in Accra, Hon Kwaku Kyei Baffour was flanked by the Co-ordinating Director, Municipal Internal Auditor and the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Sheila Arthur to receive the award.

Background

Until his appointment, Mr Kyei Baffour, who holds Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cape Coast was an English tutor at Asante-Mampong Saint Joseph’s Senior Secondary School in the Ashanti region.

He had since 1996 served as the Bekwai Constituency Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to 2006 and later worked as the research and electoral officer.

Fact Check To Office

The Bekwai Municipal Assembly at its sitting in May 2017 endorsed the President’s nominee, Mr Kyei Baffour, as its new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).

Out of the 49 members of the assembly who voted, 41 of them representing 83.7 per cent voted YES while eight voted against his nomination.

The endorsement which was supervised by the Electoral Commission was witnessed by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah and his deputy Madam Elizabeth Agyemang and other dignitaries.

Also present were three former MCE’s for Bekwai namely, Richard Aboagye, Asante Manu and the immediate past MCE Madam Mary Juantuah.